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EF0 tornado in Jay County, Indiana

Tornado March 31, 2023 · Jay County, Indiana

EF0

Rating

2.4 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down near the intersection of N CR 200 E and E

CR 200 N and tracked NE, crossing E CR 300 N before dissipating

over an open field. 2 barns were impacted with wall and roof

damage as well as broken trees and power poles. Maximum winds

were estimated around 80 mph with a maximum width of 100 yards.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developing in the evening of March 31 resulted in multiple weather hazards. Hail nearly 2 inches in diameter was observed, trees were downed from thunderstorm wind, and flooding occurred from heavy rain rates. In the days that followed, storm damage surveys teams confirmed multiple tornadoes has moved through.

Began near Pleasant Ridge (40.4677, -84.9436).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Grant County EF2 Allen County EF2 Benton County EF2 Grant County EF1 Cass County EF0 White County EF0 Jay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1086302. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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